Demetrius Dionitious Hooker (1826 - 1908)

Born 21 Mar 1826 in Morgan County, Illinois

Ancestors

Husband of Annie Margaret (Lewis) Hooker — married 11 Apr 1861 in Airlie, Polk County, Oregon

Descendants

Died 20 Jul 1908 at age 82 in Panther, Lane County, Oregon

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Biography

Spring 1879 the Hooker farm was struck with Scarlet Fever. They were put under quarantine. Three children succumbed to the disease and because of the quarantine Demetrius had to build the little coffins himself and bury them on the farm. The Donation Land Claim was lost in 1886 due to a mortgage note called for $3500. The Hookers left Polk County and moved to Wolf Creek in Yamhill County, where they homesteaded. Near Wolf Creek was Panther Creek. In 1894 Demetrius established the Panther Post Office in a corner of their home. (From the book " A Man is a Man : A Hooker Family Saga" by M. Overholser)

Sources

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF81-6Y2 : 12 April 2016), Alice Hooker in household of D D Hooker, Oregon, United States; citing p. 95, family 678, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,786.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNCP-Z5L : 16 July 2017), I J Hooker in household of B D Hooker, Buena Vista and Luckamute, Polk, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district ED 107, sheet 506D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1083; FHL microfilm 1,255,083. B D Hooker 54; A M Hooker 35; L M Hooker 16; O O Hooker 14; C C Hooker 13; A A Hooker 11; A E Hooker 9; B D Hooker 8; I J Hooker 3
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSDX-ZN9 : accessed 5 October 2018), Ira J Hooker in household of Demetrius Hooker, Spencer, Coyote, Mound, and Sinslaw Precincts, Lane, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 107, sheet 12A, family 236, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,348. Demetrius Hooker 74; Margaret A Hooker 55; Ira J Hooker 23; Jesse J Hooker 19; Myrtle I Hooker 18; Francis M Hooker 15; Asa E Hooker 10